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Covid-19 forecasters warn India deaths may double in coming weeks

The US currently has the largest number of fatalities at around 578,000

A patient receives medical oxygen in a ward at the Covid-19 Care Center set up at the Commonwealth Games Village Sports Complex in New Delhi.
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India reported a record 3,780 deaths on Wednesday for an overall toll of 226,188, along with 382,315 new cases

Jeanette Rodrigues & Michelle Fay Cortez | Bloomberg
The coronavirus wave that plunged India into the world’s biggest health crisis has the potential to worsen in the coming weeks, with some research models projecting that the death toll could more than double from current levels.
 
A team at the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru used a mathematical model to predict about 404,000 deaths could occur by June 11 if current trends continue. A model from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington forecast 1,018,879 deaths by the end of July.
 
While coronavirus cases can be hard to predict, particularly in